An illegal drug lab blew up, igniting flames that destroyed a Moreno Valley home and prompted the arrest of a 32-year-old resident of that city, sheriff’s officials say.

Jesse Oliver Poll Leibowitz was arrested about three hours after the 1:45 a.m. fire Monday, Sept. 22, along the 26300 block of Cape Menodocino and booked for investigation of manufacturing a marijuana concentrate called honey oil, possession of marijuana for sale, and causing a fire in an inhabited building, jail records show.

Leibowitz was released the same day on $50,000 bail.

“The manufacturing of honey oil was a contributing factor to the explosion,” Sgt. Brian Holmes said in a written statement.

The blast forced the evacuation of two homes.

After knocking down the flames, firefighters noticed signs of a drug lab capable of manufacturing concentrated marijuana known as honey oil or wax.

Deputies found processed marijuana, wax, and chemicals associated with the manufacturing of honey oil, according to the statement.